New discovery reveals that ocean #algae unexpectedly help cool the Earth https://phys.org/news/2024-06-discovery-reveals-ocean-algae-unexpectedly.html #protists #microbes

Alternative #dimethylsulfoniopropionate #biosynthesis enzymes in diverse and abundant microorganisms https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01715-9

"They identified the bloom-forming #Pelagophyceae algae as potentially abundant, important producers of a compound called #DMSP... this is the main source of a #climate active gas called #dimethylsulfide (#DMS), which is known as the smell of the seaside."

#GIS #latitude #longitude #conversion #DMS
https://www.latlong.net/lat-long-dms.html

So you might know by now that DMs (here called Private Mentions) work differently on Mastodon (maybe other fediverse platforms?) in that anyone you @ mention will receive the message, unlike on Twitter, where tagging someone does not add them to the conversation.

Who here learned this the hard way? Share your stories!

Weekend #Plankton #Factoid

Did you know a gas, dimethylsulfide (DMS) produced from an algal molecule dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), can mitigate #ClimateChange? In lakes and oceans, in blooms of #phytoplankton, DMSP is converted to volitile #DMS gas under UV stress. This aerosol creates clouds, which reflect solar radiation (albedo). So DMS is an anti-greenhouse gas!

If you have been to the seashore and "smelled the sea", that is DMS.

A great primer here:
https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/dms-the-climate-gas-youve-never-heard-of/

When you get a private message, do you typically wait until you respond before you make any public posts?

#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith Obtained 32 Private Messages From #Trump’s #Twitter Account through a #SearchWarrant

Questions about what prosecutors were looking for in Trump’s Twitter account ever since it was revealed that the govt had served the #warrant on Twitter in Jan. In an earlier release of docs, prosecutors disclosed that they had obtained some #DMs from Trump’s account but not how many.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/us/politics/special-counsel-trump-twitter-messages.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The perfect bioinformatic toolbox for picnic on the beach https://microbiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/the-perfect-bioinformatic-toolbox-for-picnic-on-the-beach #algae #protists

#Phylogeny and #biogeography of the algal #DMS-releasing enzyme in the global ocean: Adva Shemi et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-023-00280-2

"A new study presents an updated #taxonomy and bio-geographic distribution of the #enzyme responsible for the sulfuric smell of the ocean"

Hi, mich würde interessieren, ob jemand hier bereits in Größenordnungen Papierbestände auf Arbeit scannen musste? Planen hier gerade für unsere kleine Hochschule #Digitalisierung als Vorstufe zum #DMS und Erheben den Umfang, Dokumentarten, Qualität, ...

Hat jemand 'warstories' was gut oder schlecht lief?

DIRECT MESSAGING

DMs on Mastodon work differently than on other platforms.

Graham Cluley, a well-respected British security blogger with a sharp sense of humor (and host of the Smashing Security podcast) has this to say:

“Imagine you are having a direct message conversation with someone on Mastodon about a sensitive subject.

Maybe George and Paul are bantering via direct message on Mastodon, and one of them says “I’ll tell you who’s a twit. That bloody @Ringo”

Well, because @Ringo has been mentioned in the chat, he now sees a copy of the message too. Ouch, that’s awkward.

This would be particularly dangerous if you were communicating with another Mastodon user to report abusive behaviour. Suddenly your abuser knows you are complaining about them.

Email doesn’t work like that. Twitter direct messages don’t work like that.

(Sorry Ringo for using your name in this example, Peace and Love man!)”

https://grahamcluley.com/mastodon-what-you-need-to-know-for-your-security-and-privacy/

Marcus Hutchins pointed out -- in his excellent overview “A Twitter User's Guide to Mastodon”:

“Something to also be wary of is similar to how Twitter staff can read your DMs, so can Mastodon instance staff. If you send a DM to someone on another instance, both the staff on the sending and receiving instance could read your message if they wanted to. Just like on any social media platform, I do not advise using DMs to share sensitive information. Use DMs for normal discussions, or exchanging contacts. Any sensitive information should be sent via an End-to-end encrypted messaging app like Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, or Wire.”

https://escapingtech.com/tech/guides/a-twitter-users-guide-to-mastodon.html

@gcluley
#SmashingSecurity
#GrahamCluley
@malwaretech
#MarcusHutchins
#DirectMessages
#DMs

#twitter #dms not working for me and at least some (lots of) other people

looking at posts and threads sometimes gets the "something went wrong" error
#superUseful

DIRECT MESSAGING

DMs on Mastodon work differently than on other platforms.

Graham Cluley, a well-respected British security blogger with a sharp sense of humor (and host of the Smashing Security podcast) has this to say:

“Imagine you are having a direct message conversation with someone on Mastodon about a sensitive subject.

Maybe George and Paul are bantering via direct message on Mastodon, and one of them says “I’ll tell you who’s a twit. That bloody @Ringo”

Well, because @Ringo has been mentioned in the chat, he now sees a copy of the message too. Ouch, that’s awkward.

This would be particularly dangerous if you were communicating with another Mastodon user to report abusive behaviour. Suddenly your abuser knows you are complaining about them.

Email doesn’t work like that. Twitter direct messages don’t work like that.

(Sorry Ringo for using your name in this example, Peace and Love man!)”

https://grahamcluley.com/mastodon-what-you-need-to-know-for-your-security-and-privacy/

Marcus Hutchins pointed out -- in his excellent overview “A Twitter User's Guide to Mastodon”:

“Something to also be wary of is similar to how Twitter staff can read your DMs, so can Mastodon instance staff. If you send a DM to someone on another instance, both the staff on the sending and receiving instance could read your message if they wanted to. Just like on any social media platform, I do not advise using DMs to share sensitive information. Use DMs for normal discussions, or exchanging contacts. Any sensitive information should be sent via an End-to-end encrypted messaging app like Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, or Wire.”

https://escapingtech.com/tech/guides/a-twitter-users-guide-to-mastodon.html

@gcluley
#SmashingSecurity
#GrahamCluley
@malwaretech
#MarcusHutchins
#DirectMessages
#DMs

Do you like the way direct messages are handled on Mastodon right now? Boost for better sample size! #Mastodon #MastodonDev #DirectMessages #DMs #privacy cc @Gargron

Question for #DMs-

What is the in-universe justification for different levels of healing potion?

Take d&d- a commoner has 4hp, and a common healing potion heals 4hp minimum, which means it's enough to heal someone at the brink of death completely from terrible injury.

HP is an abstraction. It doesn't exist in-universe.

Why, then, do heroes receive so much less from them? Why would anyone make better healing potions, since a common one is clearly enough for anyone?

The intro to our special issue "Dynamics of Policy Change" in #dms - der moderne staat is online!

We (with Sandra Plümer) take a processual analytical perspective to reconsider different concepts of #PolicyChange and #transformation.

Building on the issue's contributions, we derive modes and qualities of policy change as a combination of factors for a better understanding of policy change and stability.

A closer look will follow soon.

@politicalscience

https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/dms/article/view/41520

Thinking of quitting #Twitter? Here's the right way to do it

1. Download #Archive of yr data
► Settings > Settings & Support > Settings & Privacy > Your Account > Download archive

2. #Lockdown yr Tweets
► In protected mode your tweets won't be searchable off the platform. Only existing followers can see them

3. Remove #DMs by clicking to right of thread & selecting Delete conversation. NB this only deletes it from yr side.

Read more (no paywall)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/how-to/thinking-of-quitting-twitter-heres-the-right-way-to-do-it/articleshow/95696874.cms